Finding Homer's fly fishing paintings and persuading their owners to lend them took Junker a couple of years. While most are watercolors, "the angler," done in 1874, is an oil.

Tenkara is a style of fly fishing that replaces gear and accessories with the absolute basics: a 3-ounce rod with line tied at the end. Nothing else is needed, not even a reel.

Local News Returning GIs help healing with fine art of fly-fishing Originally published July 19, 2009 at 12:00 am ...